Los Angeles-based landscape designer Laura Morton began working on Casa de los Arcos in 2006 when owners Susan Kandel and Peter Lunenfeld hired her to redesign and transform their West Hollywood property. Browse our photo gallery that captures the evolution of this vibrant living space.

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In 2008, after the garden’s initial phase of completion, iris, asclepias, and other wildflowers from the Theodore Payne Foundation, share space in the decomposed granite in the entryway courtyard. Photo: Jeff Dunas

The tiled fountain gently gurgles amidst the bones of the young garden. Photo: Jeff Dunas

Shadow and light animate a living tableau featuring a large clay vessel off the porte-cochere. Photo: Jeff Dunas.

Ironwork detail on the inside of the front drive gate. Photo: Jeff Dunas

Another view of the front courtyard featuring clipped and wall-trained plants, and the silvery foliage of Chamaeops humilis var. argentea.Photo: Jeff Dunas

Catalina tile and a Bauer pot add warm historic touches to the courtyard while cobbles and a decomposed granite pathway maintain permeability and feel authentic to the Early California style. Photo: Jeff Dunas